A malaria risk map of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (Publications)
least one insecticide-treated net (ITN) was 78.7 % (77.4-80.0) and 65.0 % (63.7-66.3) at both time points, while use was 57.7 % (56.0-59.9) and 45.0 % (43.6-46.8), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: This study presents [...] Selembao (peri-urban), in the 2009 dry season and 2011 rainy season respectively, and it was 1.0 % and 0.8 % in Ngiri Ngiri (urban). History of fever during the preceding two weeks was 13.2 % (12.5-14 [...] Mean prevalence for malaria and anaemia was 6.4 % (5.6-7.4) and 65.1 %...
Dengue fever in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: clinical features and outcome in populations of black and non-black racial category (Publications)
associated with race, black race being protective (adjusted OR 0.44; 95% CI 0.21-0.92). Overall, 20 patients (4.7%) presented with severe dengue. Non-black race (adjusted OR 3.9; 95% CI 1.3-12) and previously [...] were younger (median age 30 versus 41 years; p < 0.001) and attended care after a slightly longer duration of symptoms (median of 2.9 versus 2.7 days; p = 0.01). Malaria coinfection was not significantly [...] between black (5%) and non-black (1.6%) patients (p = 0.06). The same...
Epidemiological links between malaria parasitaemia and hypertension: findings from a population-based survey in rural Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
associated with hypertension in participants with body temperature 36.5 degrees C or less [OR 0.23 (95% CI 0.06-0.84)]. Contrastingly, microscopic malaria parasitaemia showed positive associations with hy [...] OR: 2.93 (95% CI 0.94-9.14)]. Participants having microscopic malaria parasitaemia with elevated body temperature had three-fold higher odds of hypertension [OR: 3.37 (95% CI 1.12-10.0)] than malaria p [...] distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No...
Patterns of benzodiazepine prescription among older adults in Switzerland: a cross-sectional analysis of claims data (Publications)
receive a prescription than enrollees with the lowest deductible of CHF 300 (adjusted OR=0.29, 95% CI 0.24 to 0.35).Individuals with at least one prescription had a higher probability of hospitalisation [...] trauma (OR=1.31, 95% CI 1. 20 to 1.1.44), and 70% higher health care expenditures (beta=0.72, 95% CI 0. 67 to 0.77). Enrollees in canton Valais were three times more likely to receive a prescription compared
The relative effect of climate variability on malaria incidence after scale-up of interventions in western Kenya: a time-series analysis of monthly... (Publications)
associated with a decline in malaria incidence (incidence rate ratio [IRR] = 0.70, 95% Bayesian credible interval [BCI]: 0.59–0.82), while rainfall was associated with increased incidence (IRR = 1.27, 95% [...] use was associated with a decline in malaria incidence in children aged 6–59 months (IRR = 0.78, 95% BCI: 0.70–0.87) but not in older age groups, whereas SES was not associated with malaria incidence in
Association between antimicrobial stewardship programs and antibiotic use globally: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
reduction in antibiotic prescriptions and a 28% reduction in antibiotic consumption (rate ratio, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.56-0.92). ASPs were also associated with a 21% (95% CI, 5%-36%) reduction in antibiotic consumption [...] hospitals and a 28% reduction in World Health Organization watch groups antibiotics (rate ratio, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.56-0.92). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: In this systematic review and meta-analysis, ASPs appeared
Health care providers' knowledge of clinical protocols for postpartum hemorrhage care in Kenya: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
lowest for prevention-related protocols (an average of 0.71 out of 1.00; 95% CI 0.69-0.73) and highest for assessment-related protocols (0.81; 95% CI 0.79-0.83). Average knowledge scores did not differ significantly
Vaccine hesitancy and HPV vaccine uptake among male and female youth in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study (Publications)
OR=1.90 (95% CI 0.84 to 4.31). The odds for being unvaccinated were lower for younger men (born on or after 1 July 2002) than older men (born before 1 July 2002), OR=0.34 (95% CI 0.14 to 0.81), but we found [...] found no association between age and vaccine uptake for female youth, OR=0.97 (95% CI 0.48 to 1.97). CONCLUSIONS: VH was associated with lower HPV vaccine uptake in female youth but not male youth in our
Burden of Covid-19 restrictions: national, regional and global estimates (Publications)
between 18 and 39 years old. The weighted average utility weight was 0.71 (95% CIs 0.69-0.74) for light restrictions, and 0.65 (0.63-0.68) for severe restrictions. At the global scale, this implies a total
Increased regulatory T-cell numbers are associated with farm milk exposure and lower atopic sensitization and asthma in childhood (Publications)
osed asthma (LPS stimulated: adjusted odds ratio, 0.26; 95% CI, 0.08-0.88) and perennial IgE (unstimulated: adjusted odds ratio, 0.21; 95% CI, 0.08-0.59). Protection against asthma by farm milk exposure
